HALIFAX, Nova Scotia - If there is a ferry service between Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and Portland, Maine, this summer, it will be operated by Nova Star Cruises.
That's according to Nova Scotia's Economic and Rural Development and Tourism Minister Michel Samson, who tells the Chronicle Herald in Halifax that while there's still no contract between the government and the cruise company, the province has not engaged with other potential operators.
Nova Star operated the ferry last season, the first one for the newly-revived service. A rival group, led by former executives of the Scotia Prince, which once ran the ferry service, has proposed taking over the run with a smaller vessel that it says would require far less subsidy money to operate.
The province of Nova Scotia paid out $26 million in subsidy money during the Nova Star's first season, money that was supposed to subsidize the Nova Star for a number of years.
